As I was perfecting the recipe for my single serving (vegan) chocolate chip cookie, I hit a point where I realized, “This is so good, it would be amazing if I could make a whole batch of cookies like this.” It was a bit of a lightbulb moment: now that I had successfully engineered a single serving cookie recipe, I now wanted to reverse-engineer that recipe and scale it UP to a full batch. Thanks to the simplicity of the original recipe, I figured it should be pretty easy to scale up and extremely easy to make, just like the single serving version. Stir together dry ingredients, stir together wet ingredients, combine them, scoop into cookies and bake. Easy-peasy. It would be the kind of recipe you can whip up on a weeknight because you feel like it, or last minute for a party, and bonus points because it’s VEGAN. Once I had this idea in my head I couldn’t let it go. [Read more…]

If you ask me what my favorite TV show is, I tend to draw a blank. And then I’m like, “oh DUH – Gilmore Girls.” (If you’re new to Earth and aren’t aware of this show, it’s about a young single mother who got pregnant at 16 and her daughter, who is about 16 when the show starts. There’s a whole bunch of family dynamics but it’s also a sweet portrait of a small town and the characters who live there.) Why do I forget that it’s my favorite show? This might sound strange, but to me it’s not so much “just a TV show,” but a part of who I am. I’ve watched it more than any other television show or movie; I’ve seen the original series at least eleven complete times. It’s moved beyond being “just a TV show” and become mingled with my life and my own memories. [Read more…]

This is one of those special blog posts where I get to tell you about a talented blog friend of mine AND a beautiful book they’ve created. If you’re not familiar with Lindsey of the blog Dolly and Oatmeal, then you need to pause right here and go check out her site immediately. She has been a major inspiration to me, both with her inventive recipes and her gorgeous photography. (Seriously – her photos are so beautiful I can hardly stand it.) I was lucky enough to meet her a few years ago at a random blogger picnic in NYC. She brought a fattoush-style salad that I still think about, and she was quiet and soft-spoken, but so kind. Her little dog is also a delight. She has continued to be a supportive blog friend as I’ve worked to figure out this weird world we’re a part of. [Read more…]

After two years of research and 6 rounds of tweaking, I’ve finally perfected my chocolate chip cookie recipe. (That statement should have a million exclamation points after it.) When I first began my “Quest for the Best: Chocolate Chip Cookie” project, my plan was to find the best chocolate chip cookie recipe online. As the experiment progressed, I realized I should probably take all of the knowledge I was gaining to create my own frankenstein recipe. But to be honest, I figured I would find a recipe that was perfect and it wouldn’t be necessary. Well, I should have known myself better. As I continued to try more recipes, my expectations for the perfect chocolate chip cookie grew and grew until I knew I had no option but to create it myself. [Read more…]

Do you guys want to know a secret? I’ve been working on this post for two years. TWO YEARS. (Actually, a little more than two years.) I’m not joking. This post is near and dear to my heart. I’ve always loved chocolate chip cookies (who doesn’t?) – As a kid I made them often with my mom (especially for Christmas), I started making them myself or with friends in middle school, and then in high school I even gave a “how-to speech” about making chocolate chip cookies for my English class. Over the years I’ve tried a handful of recipes (although mostly Toll House; let’s be real) – some really wonderful, some totally mediocre – and it made me wonder: What is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe? [Read more…]

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